Brantford (provincial electoral district)
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Brantford was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1925 and was abolished in 1996 before the 1999 election.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1925
District abolished1996
First contested1926
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1925 |
| District abolished | 1996 |
| First contested | 1926 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
Boundaries
As part of changes to the Representation Act in 1925, the riding of Brantford was created to include the city of Brantford, the township of Oakland and the part of the township of Brantford south of the Grand River.[1]
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Brantford | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| Riding created from parts of Brant North and Brant South | ||||
| 17th | 1926–1929 | William George Martin | Conservative | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | M.M. MacBride | Independent | |
| 20th | 1937–1938 | Independent-Liberal | ||
| 1938–1943 | Louis Hagey | Liberal | ||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Charles Strange | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | Stanley Dye | Progressive Conservative | |
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | George Gordon | Liberal | |
| 24th | 1951–1955 | |||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | |||
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Mac Makarchuk | New Democratic | |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | Dick Bennett | Progressive Conservative | |
| 30th | 1975–1977 | Mac Makarchuk | New Democratic | |
| 31st | 1977–1981 | |||
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | Phil Gillies | Progressive Conservative | |
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | Dave Neumann | Liberal | |
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Brad Ward | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | Ron Johnson | Progressive Conservative | |
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[2] | ||||
| Merged into Brant before 1999 election | ||||